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No.874,758. v PATENTEDQDEO. 24, 1907.

G.GARNY.

PAPER FIL APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1907- GEORGE GARNY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Lee. 242, 1907 Application filed July 31, 190? Serial No. 386,335.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE GARNY, of the city of Rochester, county of Monroe, and State of New York, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Paper- Files; and I do hereby to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, and toy the referencemnnerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to paper filing devices and particularly to such as are intended for the reception of bills or invoices which it is desirable to preserve in a secure and orderly arrangement,yet in such manner as to be readily accessible for frequent neference and my invention has for its object to provide a device of this character which will ofier convenience to the manipulator in inserting and removing the bills or papers and make possible upon subsequent recourse to the file, quick identification of. the one desired and arapid inspection of those portions bearing the information sought.

My improvements are 'further directed toward simplicity, cheapness and durability. 1 To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end-of the specification.

Inthe drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an index'iiling system embodying my invention. Fig. 2. is a perspective view of a portion of one of the index cards showing one of the bill retaining envelops or folders more in detail, and Fig. slight modification.

in the embodiment of my invention illus trated are comprised generally a receptacle, a plurality of cards contained therein and provided with projecting index characters and a plurality of envelope or pockets secured to each card for the reception of separate bills and so constructed that theidcntifying marks on the latter become instantly visible when the faces of the cards are exposed while through an arrangement of independently movable projecting flaps, por- 3 isa similar view of a .tions of the bills bearing other information may be selectively revealed at will.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein similar reference numerals indicate similar parts, 1 indicates a container of declare the followinglow thetop of the attached conventional form fitting within the interior of which are "a plurality of relatively sti'li cards 2, having a range of movement permitting their separation for independent inspection and provided at suitable points with projecting tabs 3 bearing index characters by which the relative arrangement of the cards is determined and preserved. Upon each, as a backing, is fastened a series of pockets preferably'formed of envelops having the opening at the top and one integral side or face 4 pasted or otherwise secured to the backing and forming an unbroken and continuous rear wall of the pocket. The opposite or front side of the envelop divided on vertical lines forming a central tongue or flap 5 having its point of attachment at the bottom and its upper edge terminating at a point beside of the envelop. At either side of this central flap are also formed vertically extending side flaps. 6 and 15, their points of attachment being at their lateral edges, the free edges projecting inwardly adjacent the respective edges of the flap 5. I have also shown them to be coextensive with the latter in Fig. 3 but. it is sometimes desirable that they, or particularly the one designated by 15, be made shorter by removing a portion at the lower ends as shown in Fig. 2 forming openings 7 at the lower corners oi the envelop for purposes that will be explained. The 'envelops are referably so positioned upon the cards or liackings that their lower'edges and hence the fold at the attached ends of the flaps 5 will lie above the corresponding portion of'the cards and be protected from Wear incident to the movements of the cards upon the bottom of the container.

While illustrating merely a specific adaptation, I will describe the operation or use of my device as employed for the filing of such bills or invoices as are-used in a retail trade to record the itemized sales to difl'erent individuals. The envelops are prel'era bly adapted to bill. blanks of uniform size indicated in the drawings by numeral 8, which are usually made out with the name of the cus-' tomer 9, date of entry 10 and such other information as is desirable at the top, while in vertical columns below are arranged from left to right, the dates of sales 11, merchandisc 12 and the itemized charges'i or each sale 13, the totals-b g placed at the bottom 14 of the charge co. min.

The invoice is inserted in an'envelop on the card bearing the same index letter as the l point below the up initial of the name at the top and is preferably of such a size relatively thereto that the identifying information 9 and 10 is exposed above the flaps, the sheet being su ported. by the attached end of the flap 5 an engag-- ing the vertically extending flaps 6 and as abutments to prevent lateral displacement. The column of dates will then be covered by the flap 6, the entries of merchandise by flap 5 and the charges by flap 15, the total being visible through the opening 7. When it is desired to investigate the account of a customer-thedproper' index card is turned back or expose W en the names and dates or other information become instantly viewable, as well as the total charges. If additional informationis required, the flaps being independently movablemay be turned back simultaneously or individually as necessary. As they all he in the same plane instead of overlapping they adequately protect the writing on the inclosed sheet from being rubbed into illegibility while occupying small space and reducing the aggregate thickness of the file as a whole.

It will be noted that the attached face or side of the envelop constituting the back wall of the pocket and the portion of the backing above the flaps forms a smooth guiding surface to aid t ing the insertion of the sheet.

I claim as my invention.

1. A filing device comprising a backing, an upwardly extending flap secured at its lower edge tothe backing and terminating at a point below the upper edge of the latter, an abutment at one side of said flap and a vertically extending flap at the other. side havinga lateral edge secured to the backing, the two flaps lying in the same plane when both are pressed simultaneously against the backing and being movable independently.

2. A filing device comprising a backing, an upwardly extending flap secured at its lower edge to the backing at a point above the bottom edge of the latter and terminating at a e manipulator durer edge thereof, an abutment at one side 0 said flap and a vertically extending flap at the other side having '9. lat eral edge secured to the backing,

the two flaps lying in the same plane when pressed against the backing and being movab e independently.

3. A filing device comprising a backing, an u wardly extending flap secured at its lower e ge to the backing and terminating at a point below the upper edge of the latter, and an abutment at one side of said fla and a vertically extending flap at the ot er side having-a lateral edge secured to the backing,

and its lower end arranged to form an opening located above the corresponding extremity of the other flap.

4. A filing device comprising a backing, an upwardly extending flap secured at its lower edge to the backing and terminating at a point below the upper edge of the latter, and vertically extending flaps arranged at both sides of said flap having their lateral edges secured to the backing and their lower edges terminating at oints above the corresponding extremity o the first mentioned flap, all

ofsaid flaps lying in the same plane when pressed against the backing and being movable independently.

5. In a filing device the combination with a backing, of an envelop having one side secured thereto and forming a continuous surface and-the o posite or outer side divided into a central ap having its attached edge at the bottom and above the corresponding edge of the backing and its u per free edge terminating at a point below t 'e upper ed e of the inner side of the envelop and vertical y extending. flaps arran ed one on each side of the central flap, all 0% said flaps lying in the same plane when the envelop is flattened or compressed and being independently mov- 

